Pine Lake

Mandy and I hiked 9 miles today to Pine Lake with a side-trip to Pieco Mtn. It started out cool but the sun came out after lunch. The last of the snow were the small patches left in the shade. The trout lily leaves were starting to push up through the leaf litter and there was a loon on the lake. I don’t think I would want to come across the beaver that was able to take down that very large tree! A very nice hike which we will have to introduce the tramps to.

Sharon K.

Egypt Rd. – Breia Trails – April 18, 2020

Bobbie, Richard, Russ and Dianna parked at the lower parking lot and headed off into the woods on the Great Trail. We then moved on to the Link Trail, to Glacier Trail to Gully I to Creek View Trail  up the steep hill that is the Gully IV trail, then along the Rim Trail to the Adirondack Overlook trail, back along the Moss Trail,  to the Shortcut Trail back to the Glacier Trail, Great Trail and back to our cars. Along the way we entertained ourselves by botany lessons (courtesy of Dianna) that included Bobbie and Dianna wild crafting some ramps to take home to make potato ramp soup. We learned a three-part round (courtesy of Bobbie) that involved Fish and Chips and Vinegar, junk in the back yard and soda pop. It is probably fortunate that we didn’t come across any other trail walkers while singing the round – they would have thought we were a bunch of seniors needing to be locked up! I still have not gotten the silly song out of my head! We threw a few snowballs, slid in the snow and mud and had a great time – all the while maintaining a minimum of 6 ft social distance from each other. I think the next trip there will involve walking the Great Trail to Echo Lake and exploring that area.

Total hiking distance varied from 5.6 miles to 6.3 miles – depending on whose pedometer you want to believe!